Molly: “Okay… I didn’t know that. The more you know. You know, I was talking to you about the best Philadelphia athlete of all time, you said it wouldn’t be you. In terms of where Philadelphia is headed, what’s going to be the deal-breaker for them to make some noise in the playoffs?”

AI: “Um… I would, I would, I would, I would be crazy to say… we think we need more. I think we got enough… to be, um, competitive like we’ve always been. and um, I just think we have enough. I think it’s our time, but imma believe that anyway, regardless if I think we need more pieces or, you know, whatever. I know we got the best coach in the world, we got the two greatest superstars that we need, and we got the great role players that we need. So, like I’m winning. Like, I’m along with the journey. Like, I think we’re gonna do something.”

“He looked like he was feeling pretty nice, that’s all I’m gonna say. Looked like he was riding around on a little hovercraft, just floating above the ground… I’m glad he got his words together.”

I’m not going to speculate on Iverson’s state-of-mind or his potentially being under the influence, but he certainly didn’t sound like himself.

To her credit, Molly Sullivan took to Twitter after the game to address criticism of the interview with AI:

Allen Iverson is a family man. Stop with the nonsense on here after our interview. My favorite conversations with him revolve around his son, currently learning that “style can never outplay substance.” He added that the Sixers are ready to make noise in the Playoffs.

Nothing was uncharacteristic of Allen when I spoke to him. Period. He speaks the same way he played…from the heart and holds nothing back. I’ve received similar feedback every time we’ve interviewed him throughout the past six years.

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And yet they give her tons of airtime. What irritates me the most is it takes away from what is happening on the court. You can blame it on C S N. They try to overproduce every game. It’s the same with Murph doing baseball. How many reports do you need.

“Okay… I didn’t know that. The more you know. You know, I was talking to you about the best Philadelphia athlete of all time, you said it wouldn’t be you. In terms of where Philadelphia is headed, what’s going to be the deal-breaker for them to make some noise in the playoffs?” This is 2 different topics, what is she talking about?